In this episode, Main Bhi Muslim’s producer and host, Mariyam Haider, speaks with Dr Ghazala Jamil - Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Dr Ghazala is the author of Accumulation by Segregation (Oxford University Press, 2017) and Muslim Women Speak (Sage-Yoda Press, 2018). Her latest book titled - Women in Social Change: Visions, Struggles and Persisting Concerns - is an edited volume on women's rights in India (Sage, 2021).

This MBM conversation focuses on Muslim feminism in India and explore its history, evolution and the ways in which it is bolstering mainstream feminist discourse. Her political approach towards this subject has incorporated contemporary realities faced by Indian Muslim women including communalism, caste politics, patriarchy, Hindu-Muslim relationship, and the anti-Muslim violence in post-Independent India.

Through her own research, experiences and scholarly investigation, Ghazala has contributed towards a deeper understanding of “what it means to be a Muslim woman and a feminist.”

Selected episode references:

Books by Dr Ghazala Jamil

• Muslim Women Speak: Of Dreams and Shackles

• Accumulation by Segregation: Muslim Localities in Delhi

• Women in Social Change: Visions, Struggles and Persisting Concerns: 4 (Social Change in Contemporary India)

Sylvia Vatuk 

• Islamic Feminism in India: Indian Muslim Women Activists and the Reform of Muslim Personal Law 

Nida Kirmani 

• Claiming Their Space: Muslim Women-led Networks and the Women's Movement in India

Nadja-Christina Schneider 

• Islamic Feminism and Muslim Women’s Rights Activism in India: From Transnational Discourse to Local Movement - or Vice Versa? 

Sachar Committee Report 

With warmth and gratitude,

Mariyam

Episode poster art by Sunakshi Nigam

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